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This Week: Sitting
on a 9-7 overall record with an even 3-3 in WAC play, the Aggies head back out
on the road to face Utah State and San Jose State on Jan. 17 and 19,
respectively. The USU Aggies go into the Thursday game with a 6-10 record and
3-2 in conference play. The Spartans hold a 5-11 overall record with a 2-3 WAC
record, but are coming off a big 103-80 with over Utah State on Saturday. The
USU game is set for 7 p.m. while a 3 p.m. start is slated for the SJSU game on
Saturday. Both games can be heard on KSNM AM 570 with Jay Sanderson making the
call.

Tickets:
Tickets are $6 for Adults and as always, kids 12 and under are FREE. A group
rate of $4 is available. Call the NM State ticket office at 575-646-1420.

Over the Airwaves: The Aggie Sports Network is producing 15 games on KSNM AM 570 this
season, along with any contests in the post season with Jay Sanderson giving
the play-by-play. Each of the Aggies road games along with those home games not
aired on AggieVision will be available through KSNM.

All games aired on
radio are produced by the Aggie Sports Network on KSNM AM 570 in Las Cruces.
The broadcasts can also be heard from anywhere around the world on the Internet
by logging onto www.NMStateSports.com. Just
click on the live events link to access the coverage for a fee.

Aggies on TV: Eight games are scheduled to air on
television this season on AggieVision. The next game broadcast is the Aggies
home game versus WAC foe Texas State on Jan. 31, from the Pan American
Center. Fans can also go to
www.AggieVision.tv for channel listings.

Live Stats on the Web: Live stats will be available for
fans at www.NMStateSports.com at no cost for the entire season. Fans can click on the Live Events link at the
top of the NMStateSports.com home page to access the live stats. Live stats for
away games may direct fans to the opposing team's athletics page.

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The Looks

Looking Ahead:
The Aggies continue to travel for a single-game road trip to Denver on Jan. 26.
The two teams have not met since 2005 and the meeting will mark the first as
conference opponents.

Looking Back:
Sitting on a three-game win streak in conference play before the week, the
Aggies fell in both WAC games in Las Cruces, N.M. to move their record to 3-3
in league play and 9-7 overall. NM State started slower than head coach Mark
Trakh would have liked, and two second-half comeback attempts fell short. The
Aggies came up short against the Seattle Redhawks 60-54 on Thursday, Jan. 10,
and couldn't make up enough ground in the 57-51 loss to the Idaho Vandals on
Saturday, Jan. 12.

Aggie Country

About the Aggies: NM State continues with WAC play with a 9-7 overall record and 3-3 in
league play. Going into the week with back-to-back losses, the Aggies are
looking for a comeback in Logan Utah on Jan. 17. NM State holds the second-best
winning percentage (.563) in the conference, after winning three straight early
in WAC play. The Aggies held their longest win streak of the season around
Thanksgiving when they won four in-a-row at home and have not lost more than
two consecutive games this season. NM State is averaging 57.9 points a game
with a .340 team shooting percentage. Senior transfer Stefanie Gilbreath leads
the Aggies with 15.3 points per game, while fellow senior Kelsie Rozendaal is
averaging 6.9 rebounds a game, good for first on the team. . Rozendaal still
manages to average 8.5 points per game and Gilbreath has scored at least 15
points in every conference game this season to bring her league average to 18.5
per game. Starting 14 games this season, Rozendaal leads the team with a .495 shooting
percentage through her 15 games played. Sasha Weber is on top for the freshmen
this season with nine points per game. She is shooting best on the team from three-point
range with .381 percent (24-63).

In the WAC:
The Aggies went on a three-game winning streak on the second week of WAC play
before dropping two at home during the third week to give the team an even 3-3
record. Gilbreath leads the Aggies with 18.5 points per game, while Rozendaal
is on top with 7.8 rebounds a game. The Aggies have not lost a conference game
by a margin larger than six points.

Road to Las Vegas: With three weeks of WAC play
complete, the Aggies hold the second highest overall winning percentage (.563)
in the conference with a 9-7 record. Sitting in the middle of the league, NM
State is even with both UTSA and Denver with a 3-3 record. Seattle U is the
outright leader in the WAC thus far with a perfect 5-0 record. The Aggies are
one of four teams in the conference with a winning overall record.

Big D in LC: Aggie
defense proves to be the game changer this season as NM State ranks second in
the WAC for scoring defense with an average of 59.4 percent. The Aggies lead in
conference games with 59.8 percent.

Home-Court Comfort: The Aggies are 6-4 in the Pan American Center this season. Prior to the
Dec. 18 loss to Rio Grande Rival New Mexico, the Aggies boasted a perfect
record at home. During the 2011-12 season, five of NM State's six wins came at
the Pan Am.

Weekly Standouts

Stefanie Gilbreath: The senior transfer worked for an average of
19 points over the weekend as the Aggies fell to Seattle U and Idaho in Las
Cruces, N.M. Gilbreath led the team in each of the week's games with 17 points
on Thursday versus the Redhawks and 21 against the Vandals. She notched a
career-high three steals and tied her career beast with three blocks on
Saturday against UI. Gilbreath improves her season average to 15.3 points per
game, good for first on the team and sixth in the WAC. Going 8-9 from the line
last week, Gilbreath worked for second in the conference with a .872 free throw
percentage. The senior marked her seventh straight game with 15 or more points
in the loss to Idaho on Saturday as well.

Danesia Williamson: Second on the team in scoring, Williamson worked for 22 points in the
loss to Seattle U on Jan. 10 at the Pan American Center. She led the team with
22 points in the game and collected three assists. While not scoring as well on
Saturday night, Williamson still managed five rebounds and four assists with
one steal. Her 22 points against the Redhawks moved the sophomore to 12.9
points on average per game, good for second on the team. She is shooting .338
percent from the floor and has tallied a team-leading 19 steals this season for
the Aggies

Double Doubles: Seniors Kelsie Rozendaal and Stefanie Gilbreath as well as freshman
Sasha Weber have collected double-doubles this season in three games this
season.

Gilbreath: 15 pts,
10 reb; UTA, 12/29

Gilbreath: 21 pts,
11 reb; Idaho, 1/12

Rozendaal: 22 pts,
11 reb; Loyola Marymount, 11/12

Rozendaal: 11 pts,
11 reb; at Texas State, 1/5

Weber: 11 pts, 10
reb; at Texas State, 1/5

It's a Three-Point Game: The Aggies have started eight games with a three pointer this season.

vs. George Mason W,
55-52 (D. Williamson)

vs. UC Irvine W,
50-44 (Sasha Weber)

vs. UTEP W, 69-68
(Sasha Weber)

at Southern Utah W,
70-68 (S. Gilbreath)

vs. UT Arlington L,
62-59 (Abby Scott)

vs. LA Tech W, 71-67
(Abby Scott)

at UTSA W, 69-52
(Abby Scott)

at Texas State W,
61-58 (S. Gilbreath)

THIS WEEK'S OPPONENTS

About Utah State: Averaging 73.9 points per game, the Aggies of Utah State boast a 3-2
conference record, but are just 6-10 overall. The team lost in overtime to
Seattle U and fell 103-80 to San Jose State most recently, but claimed
conference wins over Idaho, Texas State and UTSA. The victory over UTSA was a
79-66 win in overtime. Devyn Christensen leads the USU Aggies with 20.6 points
per game, but it's Franny Vaaulu that leads with a .509 field-goal percentage.
Last week against the Spartans, despite the loss, USU had score in double
digits.

Series History versus the Aggies: The NM State Aggies are 18-15 all-time
against the Utah State Aggies. Last season, NM State fell twice to USU and the
last win for the Aggies came in January of 2011 with a 75-71 victory over Utah
State.

About San Jose State: The Spartans are 5-11 going into the week, with a shooting average of
68.8 point per game (.376). Starting conference play with a 2-3 overall record,
the team is coming off a major high with its 103-80 win over Utah State last
weekend. That game alone produced the WAC Player of the Week, Emily Schill who
scored 36 of SJSU's points and picked up 18 rebounds. The team has three
players averaging in the double digits with each of them shooting above 40
percent.

Series History versus the Spartans: NM State leads the series with a 25-4 overall
record. San Jose State claimed its most recent win last year at home against
the Aggies, but one of NM State's three conference wins was over the Spartans
in mid-February with a 56-55 win in Las Cruces. The Aggies' last win on the
road versus the Spartans was in January of 2011 with a 52-46 win.

Trakh-ing Down No. 300: Coach Trakh
picked up his 300th career win as a Division I head coach on Saturday, Dec. 1,
against Southern Utah. The Aggies pulled off a last minute 70-68 defeat over
the Thunderbirds, helping Trakh to earn the milestone victory. Trakh holds a
304-218 career record.

Rivalry Rundown

UNM: The
Lobos swept the Rio Grande Rivalry Series this season with a 60-37 win over the
Aggies at The Pit on Nov. 20 and a 60-44 victory in Las Cruces on Dec. 18. In
game one, the Aggies had trouble making shots, but kept the stats similar to
the Lobos. The Aggies collected 44 rebounds on the evening with six assists and
two blocks. The Lobos were quite similar to NM State with 43 boards, but
tallied 16 assists on the evening.

Game two finished in
similar fashion with the Lobos claiming a 60-44 victory over NM State at the
Pan Am on Dec. 18. The loss at home marked the first of the 2012-13 season.
Sasha Weber led the Aggies with 10 points and three rebounds on the evening.
The Aggies shot 30.4 percent from the floor but tallied eight steals as a team
with 27 rebounds. Those stats were not enough to hold off the Lobos who
finished the game shooting 47.5 percent from the field and picking up 42
rebounds on the night.

UTEP: NM
State took game one of the Battle of I-10 rivalry series with a late game
battle to a 69-68 win over the Miners. UTEP maintained the lead throughout most
of the game, gaining as much as a 15 point lead in the first half, but Stefanie
Gilbreath finished her first Battle of I-10 game with a stellar 22 points to collect
a regular-season career high. She went 5-for-8 on three pointers and picking up
eight rebounds to match her career-high. Sophomore Danesia Williamson also
picked up a career-high with 23 points on the game with a solid 10-of-12 at the
line.

Game two was set to
a different tune with the Miners running away early with the 66-44 win over NM
State in El Paso. The Aggies struggled on offense, scoring just 14 points in
the first half of play. The second half was a bit more positive as Williamson
collected 13 points in the half with two field goals and one three pointer. She
was 6-for-6 at the line with four rebounds. Jasmine Rutledge finished the game
with 11 points on the evening and compiled nine points at the line to mark a
new career best for the junior.

Tournament Champs: The New Mexico State Aggies claimed the Aggie Hotel Encanto Thanksgiving
Classic tournament title with a stellar 50-44 win over UC Irvine on Saturday
evening at the Pan American Center. The previous night, the Aggies claimed a
55-52 win over the Patriots of George Mason. With the 2-0 record on the
tournament, NM State's Kelsie Rozendaal and Sasha Weber were named to the
All-Tournament team. Rozendaal was also selected tournament MVP for her work on
the hardwood.

Trakh Signs Five to NLI: Head coach Mark Trakh announces that five high school players have
signed National Letters of Intent to join the Aggies in the fall of 2013. Trakh
is in his second season with NM State and has led the Aggies to a 1-0 start to
the 2012-13 season.

Joining the Aggies
in 2013 are Tamera Williams of Centennial High School (Las Vegas, Nev.),
Brianna Freeman of Harker Heights High School (Killeen, Texas), Vanessa Garner
of Archbishop Mitty High School (Milpitas, Calif.), Moriah Mack of Reagan High
School (San Antonio, Texas), and Brandee Walton of St. Mary's High School
(Phoenix, Az.)

Fresh Faces for Trakh: Head coach Mark Trakh brings on a slew of newcomers for the 2012-13
campaign. Among the new Aggies are transfers Stefanie Gilbreath and Denesia
Williamson. Gilbreath joins the Aggie squad after spending four seasons with
USC. Gilbreath sat out three seasons with the Trojans due to knee injuries, but
played in each of USC's 30 games in 2011-12. Williamson wears the Crimson after
one season with University of San Diego. The 5-6 guard averaged 5.1 points, 1.4
assists and 1.1 rebounds per game with the Toreros.

Along with the two
transfers, Trakh also adds five other players to the roster. Las Cruces native,
Elena Holguin, comes in after redshirting her freshman season. Three-point
threat, Alexis Nelson, joins the Aggies after breaking the single-season record
for three pointers with 60 during her senior campaign at Aurora High School in
Aurora, Ill. Abby Scott (Madras, Ore.), Sasha Weber (Lacey, Wash.) and Shay Young
(San Diego, Calif.) round out the newcomers for NM State.

Last Season:
Under the helm of first-year head coach, Mark Trakh, the Aggies finished the
2011-12 season with a 6-24 overall season record. This left NM State with a
3-11 Western Athletic Conference record. The Aggies made an appearance at the
WAC Championships at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. (3/7). The Aggies
were seeded eighth in the tournament but were quickly booted out by No. 1 66-58
State.

Senior guard Tabitha
Wampler was the most recent Aggie to join the 1,000 Point Club with a career
1,254 points (2008-12). She joins former teammates Danisha Corbett and Madison
Spence along with Aggie great Anita Maxwell (2,601) and Andrea Kabwasa (1,788).

Another highlight
for the Aggies in 2011-12 was coach Trakh coaching his 500th game of his career
as a Division I head coach. In his 17th year on the sidelines, the floor
general notched the milestone against Hawai'i in Las Cruces Feb. 16.

Preseason Accolades: The Western Athletic Conference coaches and media picked NM State to
finish eighth and ninth in their respective preseason polls, and senior guard
Stefanie Gilbreath was named an All-WAC preseason pick.

The Aggies were
picked sixth in last season's preseason polls. NM State finished 6-24 overall
and 3-11 in the conference to place eighth. The eighth-place rank gave the
Aggies a tough battle against top-ranked Fresno State in the 2012 WAC
Championships. The Bulldogs defeated the Aggies 66-58, knocking NM State out of
the tournament.

Reigning first team
All-WAC honoree Christensen was voted Preseason Player of the Year and is the
on the preseason All-WAC first team. Joining her on the first team is Alyssa
Charlston of Idaho, Louisiana Tech's Whitney Frazier, Diamond Ford of Texas
State and Seattle U's Kacie Sowell.

Historical Season:

-- The 2012-13
season marks the 40th season of Aggie women's basketball. The first season was
1973-74.

-- This season also
marks 25 years since the Aggies last NCAA tournament appearance. The 1987-88 team was the last in program
history to receive an NCAA berth.

Potential Milestone: With 12 total wins this season, NM State will make its 600th victory in
program history. With the current 9-7 record, the Aggies sit at 596-531 all
time.